WASHINGTON, March 7, 2005  New York City-based Girl Scouts are marching across Gotham, selling boxes of their famed cookies earmarked for overseas troops.

The cookie-sales initiative, which began Nov. 11, is part of the Girl Scouts annual Gift of Caring community service project, noted Jennifer Rumbach, communications manager for the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York.

A lot of people in New York City want to be able to give something to the troops and show their support, Rumbach observed. And the scouts, she noted, thought it would be a great idea to donate Girl Scout cookies to the troops.

The Girl Scouts are working with several organizations, Rumbach said, to arrange cookie delivery to troops overseas.

Were hoping that most of them will go to Iraq and Kuwait, she noted.

Rumbach estimated that between 10,000-15,000 Girl Scouts are selling cookies to New Yorkers. The scouts, she noted, have so far sold about 10,000 boxes earmarked for U.S. troops. The best-selling Girl Scout cookie, she said, is Thin Mint, followed by Samoa chocolate-cocoanut.

Our customers have the option of buying these boxes of cookies for the troops instead of themselves, Rumbach pointed out, while the Girl Scouts take care of shipping the cookies overseas.

New Yorkers, Rumbach reported, are very eager to purchase Girl Scout cookies for the troops, priced at $3.50 a box.

And, the girls have just gone wild over this project, Rumbach noted. In fact, one scout canvassing potential customers in Queens, she said, has sold 300 boxes earmarked for troops.

Rumbach said the Girl Scouts had planned to sell 25,000 boxes of cookies for delivery to overseas service members.

But, now were hoping to surpass that, she remarked. The New York City Girl Scouts, Rumbach noted, sell almost a million boxes of cookies each year.

Rumbach said the New York-based Girl Scouts are patriotic and want to say thank you to U.S. troops. The city, she pointed out, was devastated by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers.

I think thats another reason that the girls feel very close to this project, she explained, noting they have first-hand experience why U.S. troops are fighting terrorism overseas.

You dont have to be a native New Yorker to participate in the cookie-sale initiative, Rumbach pointed out. Call (212) 645-4000, extension 263, or access the organizations Web site for more information.

MMMMMMMM! Thin Mints! I've got a freezer full of 'em. They are delicious frozen, in case you can't eat them fast enough. But, wait, I'm talking about Army guys and gals who've been eating chow hall food! Never mind!

Gee, thanks for raining on their parade. As a Girl Scout for over 25 years (starting around 1950) we always knew there were lesbians there, but it didn't matter to us--we had fun and learned all sorts of great skills that still serve me well today. (built a fire just last night)

There are still millions of girls having fun and learning new things that have nothing to do with Planned Parenthood.

Oh, by the way, it was the place where we learned about sex, since it wasn't taught in school, and most of our parents didn't tell us, in those days. And I'm relatively normal today!!! :)

"Why would anyone want to team them up with Planned Parenthood at their age??"

Because pregnant Girl Scouts can bring in a lot more money than cookie sales do for PP. If your disgust is at me, it's misplaced. Do some homework and start to realize the sophististication of the campaign against virginity and for early promiscuity. I'm all for supporting our troops, just not through an organization that permits a stealth assault on innocence and traditional family values. And that's what's going on. Wake up and smell the napalm in the culture war....

Gee, thanks for raining on their parade. As a Girl Scout for over 25 years (starting around 1950)

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There are still millions of girls having fun and learning new things that have nothing to do with Planned Parenthood.

It isn't just the association with Planned Parenthood. The "leadership" of the GSA has gone all out to promote political correctness. There are quite a few threads on Free Republic documenting this. The Girl Scouts organization you knew from 1950 to 1975 is just as different from the organization of today as is a college campus from those of the same time periods. I have a friend whose daugther is now in college who took her out of the Girl Scouts when he saw the type of leftist agenda they were aggressively promoting.

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